The Biblical Foundations of Leadership - Divinity School

The Biblical Foundations of LeadershipBy Dr. Forrest E. Harris, Sr. President, American Baptist College Director, Kelly Miller Smith Institute on the Black Church Vanderbilt University Divinity School Nashville, Tennessee Biblically and theologically, what can be said about the black church can also be said about the vision of its religious Leadership . The black community s most effective leaders have been nurtured in the "cultural and spiritual womb" of the black church s Biblical faith (The Black Church in the African American Experience, Lincoln and Mamiya, p. 8). Historically, Biblical models of Leadership informs the Leadership vision and efforts of the black church to bring about spiritual transformation, social change and justice in the community. Abraham, Moses, Saul, David, Nehemiah, the Hebrew prophets, and Jesus are Biblical models of Leadership from which the black church has drawn its inspiration and commitment to the dream of God.

Through the revelation of God, Moses received the Ten Commandments and made them the ethical and theological mandate of the Hebrew community. One of the burden of religious leadership is consistent ethical and theological guidance. Religious leaders must consider themselves resident theologians to ensure that the ministry, mission and life of

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